A directory of social and political movements related to the P2P (participatory), open (open access to knowledge), and 'commons' paradigms.

Introduction

1. Benjamin Mako Hill explains the Difference between the Free Software and Free Culture Movement
2. Conflicts in open source discourse: review of idea currents in the free and open source software movement.
3. David Bollier: Is the Commons a movement?

We feel particular kinship for the initiatives

1. our wiki 'neighbours' listed in the WikiNode page
2. the Commons Creations group in the UK
3. Appropriate Technology platform

Sister Organizations

The following are most similar in intent:

• Oekonux
• Open Knowledge Foundation
• On The Commons

Key Resources

Key Articles

1. David M. Berry, 2004. “The Contestation of Code: A preliminary investigation into the discourse of the free/libre and open source movement,” Critical Discourse Studies, volume 1, number 1 (April), pp. 65–89 [1]
2. Benjamin Mako Hill, 2005. “Towards a standard of freedom: Creative Commons and the Free Software Movement,” [2]
3. The Politics of the Libre Commons by David M. Berry and Giles Moss

First Monday, volume 11, number 9 [3]

1. On the Convergence of social movements to fight IPRs on information in various fields: 10 contributions